Questions arise over strikingly similar signatures by Trump on recent pardons 15. November 2025 (16:21) Seemingly identical signatures appeared on clemency orders, which White House blamed on technical errorThe Trump administration’s clemency drive is coming under scrutiny after the justice department this week replaced pardons posted online that bore strikingly similar copies of Trump’s signature with others that are distinctively variable.The corrections came after online commenters seized on the similarities in the president’s signature granting “full and unconditional” pardons to seven men, including to former New York Mets player Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and former New York police sergeant Michael McMahon, on 7 November. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform 15. November 2025 (16:11) As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardyAs Reform UK soars in the polls, Britain’s migrant communities are facing an uncertain future.The party has announced a swathe of hardline immigration policies, including its plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain – the right to settle permanently in the UK after five years of residence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tributes paid to ‘fearless and funny’ Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who has died aged 56 15. November 2025 (16:05) Cooke, who worked for the Observer for 25 years and was described as its ‘backbone’, was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year Tributes have been paid to the journalist and critic Rachel Cooke after her death from cancer.Cooke, 56, was diagnosed with the illness earlier this year and died on Friday. She worked for the Observer for 25 years, where she was described as “the backbone of the paper”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Fly-tippers dump ‘mountain’ of waste in Oxfordshire field 15. November 2025 (15:32) Area’s MP says it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of wasteFly-tippers have dumped a “mountain of illegal waste” in Oxfordshire so large that removing it could cost more than the local council’s annual budget, the area’s MP has said.Hundreds of tonnes of waste, stacked 10 metres high, appeared in a field between the River Cherwell and the A34 near Kidlington. One charity called the huge dump of rubbish “an environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Viktor Orbán begins ‘anti-war roadshow’ as Hungary gears up for 2026 elections 15. November 2025 (15:31) PM makes opposition to support for Ukraine central to Fidesz campaign as it loses ground over cost of living crisisHungary’s prime minister has kicked off a weeks-long “anti-war roadshow”, turning criticism of European support for Ukraine into an early campaign message before next year’s elections.Viktor Orbán’ is scheduled to stage an event in five cities before the end of the year, and started with an assembly on Saturday in the north-western city of Győr. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister 15. November 2025 (14:00) Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industryCountries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mamdani’s appointment of Lina Khan a warning to private equity, experts say 15. November 2025 (14:00) Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher pricesExperts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms in the state that have raised rents and monopolized local healthcare industries.Throughout the US, private equity has increasingly monopolized industries through the practice of “roll ups,” acquiring many small local firms and rolling them into one larger firm, giving them power to simultaneously raise prices and lower quality. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Turmoil and tensions at FDA after dramatic exit of top drug regulator 15. November 2025 (13:00) Scramble to find replacement for George Tidmarsh shines light on dysfunction at US regulatory agency After the dramatic ousting of the top drug regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) two weeks ago, officials have scrambled to find a replacement in a process that has revealed the agency’s internal cracks and tensions.It’s troubling news for a regulatory agency that has previously enjoyed a reputation for stability and consistency. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official 15. November 2025 (13:00) Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territoryIsrael is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said.In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Epstein survivor pushes for release of files in wake of new emails: ‘It will bring us closure’ 15. November 2025 (12:00) Marina Lacerda, 37, recounts the abuse she experienced and what inspired her to speak publicly amid new revelationsWhen Marina Lacerda woke on Wednesday to learn that thousands of documents about Jeffrey Epstein had been released by House Republicans, she braced herself for a spate of new revelations.Before deciding to waive her anonymity in September, Lacerda was known for years as “Minor Victim-1” – unknown, unheard, another teenager groomed and abused by the paedophile financier. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
